r/Banknotes

my dad gifted me the Syria Lira back in 2017 when it was first released,and I really had it in a drawer where I forgot about it since Syrian currency was basically worthless,but after his regime was toppled in 2024 i realized that I can do something funny,blow the dust off him and get a Saddam dinar and put them both in my collection just for the irony even tho they don't hold any significant collector's value 😭😭

Will im browsing, I saw this North Korean Banknotes (KPW) selling in affordable price. Are these real or not?

Expanded my collection greatly today from various parts of the world

From old Ceylon note to Maldives rufiyaas , From Somalia and Somaliland to Bangladesh commemorative banknotes , From Transnistria to old Lebanon banknote etc

Quota till this year end completed

Hello everyone, very quick question today. I know these are exonumia but I suppose if anyone can help it's you guys.

I was recently in San Marino and I could not resist the temptation to buy a 0 Euro banknote from a local vendor as a souvenir. When I got to my computer and tried adding the note to my Numista I found out this exact note (2024 version, first picture) does not seem to be there. Instead there is only the 2021 note (second picture). The theme is the same, the security features seem to be there, but the picture is different. Has San Marino simply issued a new version of the same note, or did I get scammed?

And if the note is legit, is there a way to request it be added? I know I can add it myself, but I lack the expertise to do so and I don't want to just submit partial/incomplete information.

Many thanks and have a good day!

Updated to include up to the 18th of August, 2026.

One of my most prized possessions. This is a pair of artworks (front and back are separate pieces) for a 1976 Yemen note that was never put into production. Large parts of the essay (another word for artwork of this type) are painted by hand, and each side is made from many layers of different pieces, cut out and pasted together by the artists at the printers.

Unique, and one of the most beautiful examples of printers artwork I have ever seen. Look at the level of detail!!

This is supposed to have a fully solid security thread. Random gap in the security thread

So I was going through my city's monthly garage sale when I spotted a few coins laying around. And actually they were also a whole shoe box full of banknotes. And I asked how much was it for only one note and the lady said that the whole box was 30 euros. I talked a little bit with her and put down the final price at 25 euros. I'm super happy with my find but I have a few questions about these: how much are they worth and how could I store them? Thanks to anyone who helps me.

60 PLN (13.92€) overpaid, but it's worth it.

Searching for images of Indian rupee banknotes revealed two signatures printed on one. Initially, I thought they were the signatures of two different people, but after researching, I learned they are the signatures of the same person, one in English and one in Hindi.

https://preview.redd.it/7cwwhx16piih1.jpg?width=2300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f9fd22a98ee14a673b466af26861cc6a6fb15543

This is extremely rare worldwide. After the Indian rupee was redesigned in 2016, the signatures were changed from horizontal to vertical, but upon closer inspection, you can still see the same person's signature in two different languages.

https://preview.redd.it/mb5xbau7piih1.jpg?width=2500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7cab6dceb41a7f42908eef93a3e8f9e8ed1214c9

However, it seems the governors of the Reserve Bank of India are not very proficient in Hindi. Except for the most recent governor, the Hindi signatures of previous governors look like those of a primary school student.

https://preview.redd.it/2qu5gbnapiih1.jpg?width=2500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=12bd79d3b1314ff038e05e79427091a68ea6a657

https://preview.redd.it/ohchuhwcpiih1.jpg?width=2500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ee738ef9a04a44dd38b453d936e1580189bbb61a

Hey all. So I inherited this collection of foreign currency a while ago from my grandmother once she got too old to travel anymore so she had no use for it and ever since then they've been sitting in bags in a box since then. I found the box again after like 15 years and I'd really like some suggestions on how to educate myself on what I have and what I should do with it. Everything in here was obtained by my grandmother from their countries of origin. She traveled a HELL of a lot. At her funeral, they had a map of the world with a pin in every country she went to and the board was more pins than ocean.

I was very young when she died so I dont know how old my grandmother was, but my best guess would be around 1940, give or take. I'm gonna attach some pictures so y'all can see the kind of collection it is

My biggest question. Should I go to someone who specializes in this kind of stuff and pay them to get a full appraisal or should I full send and try to get all the information myself by searching around online? TIA

Edit: this is a list of every country that she wrote down on the bags-

USA, China, India, Nepal, Turkey, Mexico, Britain, Egypt, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zaire, Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, Scotland, Spain, Australia, Belize, Canada, Guatemala, Jamaica, Peru

As we all know, the US dollar has two emblems: one from the Federal Reserve and one from the U.S. Treasury. However, the original dollar emblems were not what we see today. For several years before 1996, the Federal Reserve emblem had a letter in the center indicating which specific Federal Reserve Bank issued the banknote. Starting with the 1996 issue of the large-format dollar bills, this was replaced by a nationally unified Federal Reserve emblem, and the central letter became an eagle. So, why did this change occur?